Magazine-binder.



No. 825,112. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. C. UHIVBRS. MAGAZINE BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1905- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 825,112. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906 0. GHIVERS.

MAGAZINE BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULYll, 1905.

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CEDRIG CHIVERS, OF BATH, ENGLAND.

MAGAZINE-BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed July 11,1905. Serial No. 269,233.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CEDRIc Cnrvnns, a subject of His Majesty the King of Great Britain, residing at Bath, in the county of Somerset, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine-Binders,- and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in magazine-binders, and is especially designed to provide a temporary cover provided with effective means for detachably securing a magazine within the cover, at the same time providing simple, cheap, and durable means for accomplishing the desired end.

To more clearly understand the invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, illustrating applications of the same, in which like figures designate the same parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cover with a magazine therein. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the cover and magazine, the section being taken on a line through one of the eyelets and the wire binding-staple of the magazine and the flexible fastening means being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in detail, being a longitudinal section through the back of the cover. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the eyelets, flexible fastening means, and wire binding-staple of the magazine, the parts being shown in their operative position and relatively to each other. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cover and magazine, showing a modified form of fastening device applied thereto. Fig. 6 is a transverse section through the magazine adjacent one of said fastening means, and Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the method of securing the modified fastening means to the magazinecover.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, 1 desi nates the magazine, and 2 the cover, the back of which is provided with a plurality of perforations, and, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, this back may be reinforced by a stiffening-strip 4, of wood or other suitable material, held in position by an auxiliary flexible strip 5. These members 4 and 5 are also perforated to register with the apertures in the back, and these apertures may be provided with eyelets 6, the apertures being preferably arranged in pairs to correspond with the position adjacent each end of the magazine, where generally two of the wire bindin -staples of the magae zine are passed laterally therethrough. To secure the magazine to the cover, a flexible means or cord 7 is looped around the vertical arms of the wire member or staple 8, and the ends of the flexible means are then passed through a pair of eyelets 6 andsecured against slipping back thIOU h the eyelets in any desired manner; but i prefer to tie the free ends together, as shown. It will be understood, however, that, if desired, the reverse may be done, and the free ends of the cord may be secured together or otherwise on the inside of the magazine. It will also be understood that the securing-cords need not necessarily be disposed between the same two leaves of the magazine. Sometimes, however, the wire staples of a magazine are fastened to the various magazines in different placesthat is to say, the staples in one magazine might not correspond in position to the V staples in another magazinewhich would in some instances necessitate a great number of perforations along the back of the cover; otherwise the cover would not be exactly even on the magazine. In order to avoid this and at the same time lessen the number of eyelet-holes in the cover for the magazine, I have devised the modification illustrated in Figs. 5 to 7, wherein 9 designates an elongated member comprising a thin strip of rigid material, preferably metal, adapted to be detachably secured between the leaves of a magazine by the flexible fas tening means or cord 7*, which may enga e the strip or be secured thereto in any suitab e manner, the free ends of the cord 7 being passed through the eyelets and secured, as heretofore described. There may be a plurality of these detachably, and therefore adjustably, secured members 9, and the means of connecting them with the flexible securing means may be varied; but for the purpose of illustration only I have shown this connection made by means of apertures 9 in the strips, through which the flexible cord is threaded by means of needles 10. It will be understood in the construction illustrated in these figures, as in Figs. 1 to 3, that a suitable reinforcing member corresponding to 4 may be employed with this style of cover also.

What I claim is- 1. A temporary binder for magazines comprising a cover provided with a plurality of IIO apertures in its back, in combination with a member of rigid material adapted to be detachably inserted between the leaves of the magazine, and means for securing said detachable member to the cover comprising a thread cooperating to engage said detachable member and to pass through said apertures and be secured against slipping therethrough, substantially as described.

2. A temporary binder for magazines comprising a cover provided with a plurality of apertures in its back, in combination with a plurality of thin members of rigid material, and flexible means for securing said members to the cover, said flexible means cooperating between said members and the cover to detachably secure said members between the leaves of a magazine, thence having their free end passed through a pair of said apertures and secured together, substantially as described. 77

3. The combination with a magazine, of a temporary binder therefor comprising a cover provided with a plurality of apertures in its back, and flexible means secured be tween the leaves of said magazine, thence threadedthrough said apertures and secured against slipping back therethrough, sub. stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CEDRIO CHIVERS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM DONNELLY, E. U. SCHMIDT. 

